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In short, it was a triumph. The largest number of attendees we’ve ever seen - over 450 at Wembley and over 250 at Manchester. I’d like to thank Paul Mooney of BE Systems, John Goodman of LAN 2 LAN, and Peter Reinecke of Gedys IntraWare for joining me (and Chris Freestone) in the sessions I did… and of course thanks to the other IBM personnel for speaking and arranging.

Wembley is a fantastic venue, lots of room (important for the year-on-year growth of the audience), and I know that many people appreciated the guided tour (which I passed on this time having done it last year).

The guest speakers were great - I expected to find Alan Hansen more interesting but instead James Cracknell was my favourite. I thought that his honesty and his willingness to talk about his failures as well as his successes endeared him to the audience (not to mention the fact that he passed his Olympic gold medals around for everyone to have a look at).

Next stop… LCTY in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

It’s a load of fuss, all this transporting of the Olympic flame. Surely someone in China must have a box of matches. I mean, they invented fireworks. Perhaps they only have those glowing taper things now.

For a serious look at how and why, have a look at the BBC news site.

Roxy and Basil (as named by Lauren) put in another appearance this morning. They were last seen in our garden drinking from the bird-bath, but this time they were in the garden beyond. Basil washed Roxy’s ears for a while, and then Roxy relaxed for a few minutes while Basil kept watch. Then they disappeared into the undergrowth, presumably to get some rest before going through someone’s dustbin or stealing some shoes later tonight.